Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Adedayo Adeoye (retd.), has said
people in the South-Eastern part of the country probably complied with
proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra’s sit-at-home order for fear of
being attacked while some obeyed because they support IPOB.
DIG Adeoye stated this in an exclusive interview with The on Monday.
had earlier reported that commercial
activities came to a standstill on Monday in Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Abia,
and Ebonyi States as residents deserted public places in compliance with
IPOB’s sit-at-home order. THE RESTORATION OF BIAFRA NATION
IPOB, through its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful,
had said human and vehicular movement would be restricted across the
South-East on Monday to mark the 54th anniversary of Biafra.
As a result, IPOB said all markets, parks, schools, airports and others would be shut down.
The state governments and the police had asked the people to ignore the separatist group’s sit-at-home order.
Commenting on the development, DIG Adeoye said, “Some people probably
stayed at home because they support what is happening there. Another
way to look at it is that that the people probably stayed at home
because they fear they would be attacked.”
The DIG further said the rising insecurity in the South-East will
affect the 2023 general elections as people might be afraid to come out
and vote.
“The situation in the South-East will definitely affect the 2023
election. While some people will be bold to come out during the
election, some will be afraid to do so. Those who are bold to come out
will vote. The vote needed is the majority. If 10 people vote and six
vote for a party, the party has gotten the majority,” he said.
He, however, appealed to the Federal Government to resolve the
agitations in the country amicably by granting true federalism to
sub-nationals.
“It is important that all these issues should be resolved through
true federalism. We should go back to the 1963 constitution. I am not
in support of secession but the zones should be granted true federalism.
That does not mean Nigeria will not exist again. Nigeria will still
exist,” DIG Adeoye stated.
Is IPOB, AgovC Alliance
a Terrorism Ploy? By Zubaida Baba Ibrahim
The assassination of a prominent northern politician and former
presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak in Imo state was
allegedly carried out by suspected Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
militant as confirmed by the police.
Alarming as it may be, the paradox of it all is almost poetic that on
the day of Gulak’s assassination, pro-Biafra fans trended #Ozoemena
meaning ‘May it never happen again’ for Biafra remembrance day, flaying
the alleged ills of the Nigerian government against them.
Concurrently, it is the fervent attacks by unknown gunmen and pro-Biafra
groups that has become more rampant in the southeast, and let’s not
forget that IPOB is already establishing alliances with other foreign
interest.
On Friday the 9th of April 2021, the leader of proscribed IPOB, Nnamdi
Kanu, alongside the leader of the Ambazonia Governing Council (AgovC)
also known as Cameroon Separatist, in a joint press conference announced
their coming together as allies.
Though Kanu maintains that the alliance is for both groups to exchange
weaponry and personnel to defend themselves and pursue their common
separatist goal, it does not take twenty-twenty vision to see that both
parties could pose serious threats to either Nation’s security.
To understand their reprehensible motives, it is appropriate to go into a
bit of a backstory.
In Nigeria, after two failed military coups, the Igbos came together to
form the secessionist state of Biafra which sparked off a two-year civil
war from 1967 to 1970 during which the Nigerian Military imposed a
siege of the eastern region. This caused over 2 million civilians to
perish of starvation.
These casualties led the state of Biafra to eventually surrender to the
Federal Government, lodging a lump in the throats of pro-Biafran
activists which continues to harden.
Likewise, in Cameroon, abhorrence dating back to 1961 based on claims of
marginalization by francophone citizens that make up to 80% of the
country, armed separatist groups are fighting tooth and nail to carve
out the nation’s English speaking regions to form a free-standing state
named Ambazonia.
The IPOB and the Anglophones in Cameroon have a common history of
secessionist tendencies and are coincidentally geographically situated
at both sides of the Nigeria/Cameroon border. Adding to that, their
longing for autonomy has made both groups separately grow in violence.
While analyzing both groups I couldn’t help but notice a pattern in
their attacks especially since 2021 begun. The assailing of law
enforcement agencies is one that has been noted.
Citing examples with recent events, in early April 2021 armed men of the
pro-Biafra group attacked a prison in Imo state which is in the
southeastern region and abetted the escape of about 1800 inmates who
allegedly attacked police stations and security personnel.
Correspondingly, in Cameroon, Anglophone separatists intensified attacks
against the Nation’s security forces using improvised bombs to target
military convoys in at least 30 different attacks in the past four
months.
The two secessionist groups claim they are nothing like their
‘subjugators’ when they are in fact on the way of becoming worse. The
widespread havoc these separatists could beget is alluding to other
similar alliances.
Let’s take Boko Haram’s emulation of the foreign terrorist group,
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in excessive violence. This
resulted in Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, to eventually
state its allegiance to ISIS in 2015.
This two groups’ inception renovated Boko Haram’s ability to carry out
daytime and nighttime attacks with promising success. Apart from that,
there are also several comparable terrorists and criminal alliances from
all over the West African region that can be referred to.
The escalation of insecurity in Nigeria that stems up from economic
marginalization; ethnic/religious intolerance; corrupt practices; bad
governance; unemployment and poverty has resulted in insurgency in the
Northeast, militancy in the Niger delta area, and agitation in the
Southeast, youth restiveness in the Southwest.
That is not to say that taking new counter-terrorism measures is
hopeless.
The general concept of counter-terrorism in Nigeria is surrendered to
the hands of the Nigerian Military who are presumed to have the best
training as counter-terrorist. Meanwhile, they only apply physical
reproof and lack other logical strategic approaches to reap positive
solutions to insurgency.
It is sad to say that the Nigerian Military does not really conform to
modern warfare and has been denounced as human rights violators by
several organizations.
Nonetheless, there are a number of recommended policies that can be used
in Nigeria for counter-terrorism.
The welfare of operatives is number one. Proper welfare package that
includes fighting tools, vehicles, combat gadgets to lower casualty
levels should be arranged for the workers to keep them dedicated.
Secondly, counter-terrorism factions can also be created where not only
the military but other law enforcement agencies and selected occupants
of terrorism-prone areas can synergize. This way vital information can
be shared and basic approach can be exercised in dealing with terror
attacks.
In addition, upgrading operatives’ knowledge in terrorism and modern
counter-terrorism tactics. This would give them a better understanding
that fruitful strategies can be more advantageous than combat and deadly
force though it is also welcomed when protecting lives and properties.
When these are put in place, the government must put a stop to these
asinine negotiations with terrorists and bandits that eventually lead to
transfer of funds to them and their agents. This method of mediation
only strengthens their criminal operations.
Presently in Nigeria, insecurity is slowly becoming the country’s
insignia. Not a day goes by without reported cases of villages being
ransacked and burnt, innocuous citizens being killed, students being
abducted from schools and kidnappings of all sorts.
It is only appropriate for the government to earnestly tackle this
alliance before it adds to the security nightmare in the country.
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim
Wuye District, Abuja
Zubaida71@live.com
Read more at: https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/31/ipob-agovc-alliance-terrorism/
Is IPOB, AgovC Alliance
a Terrorism Ploy? By Zubaida Baba Ibrahim
The assassination of a prominent northern politician and former
presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak in Imo state was
allegedly carried out by suspected Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
militant as confirmed by the police.
Alarming as it may be, the paradox of it all is almost poetic that on
the day of Gulak’s assassination, pro-Biafra fans trended #Ozoemena
meaning ‘May it never happen again’ for Biafra remembrance day, flaying
the alleged ills of the Nigerian government against them.
Concurrently, it is the fervent attacks by unknown gunmen and pro-Biafra
groups that has become more rampant in the southeast, and let’s not
forget that IPOB is already establishing alliances with other foreign
interest.
On Friday the 9th of April 2021, the leader of proscribed IPOB, Nnamdi
Kanu, alongside the leader of the Ambazonia Governing Council (AgovC)
also known as Cameroon Separatist, in a joint press conference announced
their coming together as allies.
Though Kanu maintains that the alliance is for both groups to exchange
weaponry and personnel to defend themselves and pursue their common
separatist goal, it does not take twenty-twenty vision to see that both
parties could pose serious threats to either Nation’s security.
To understand their reprehensible motives, it is appropriate to go into a
bit of a backstory.
In Nigeria, after two failed military coups, the Igbos came together to
form the secessionist state of Biafra which sparked off a two-year civil
war from 1967 to 1970 during which the Nigerian Military imposed a
siege of the eastern region. This caused over 2 million civilians to
perish of starvation.
These casualties led the state of Biafra to eventually surrender to the
Federal Government, lodging a lump in the throats of pro-Biafran
activists which continues to harden.
Likewise, in Cameroon, abhorrence dating back to 1961 based on claims of
marginalization by francophone citizens that make up to 80% of the
country, armed separatist groups are fighting tooth and nail to carve
out the nation’s English speaking regions to form a free-standing state
named Ambazonia.
The IPOB and the Anglophones in Cameroon have a common history of
secessionist tendencies and are coincidentally geographically situated
at both sides of the Nigeria/Cameroon border. Adding to that, their
longing for autonomy has made both groups separately grow in violence.
While analyzing both groups I couldn’t help but notice a pattern in
their attacks especially since 2021 begun. The assailing of law
enforcement agencies is one that has been noted.
Citing examples with recent events, in early April 2021 armed men of the
pro-Biafra group attacked a prison in Imo state which is in the
southeastern region and abetted the escape of about 1800 inmates who
allegedly attacked police stations and security personnel.
Correspondingly, in Cameroon, Anglophone separatists intensified attacks
against the Nation’s security forces using improvised bombs to target
military convoys in at least 30 different attacks in the past four
months.
The two secessionist groups claim they are nothing like their
‘subjugators’ when they are in fact on the way of becoming worse. The
widespread havoc these separatists could beget is alluding to other
similar alliances.
Let’s take Boko Haram’s emulation of the foreign terrorist group,
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in excessive violence. This
resulted in Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, to eventually
state its allegiance to ISIS in 2015.
This two groups’ inception renovated Boko Haram’s ability to carry out
daytime and nighttime attacks with promising success. Apart from that,
there are also several comparable terrorists and criminal alliances from
all over the West African region that can be referred to.
The escalation of insecurity in Nigeria that stems up from economic
marginalization; ethnic/religious intolerance; corrupt practices; bad
governance; unemployment and poverty has resulted in insurgency in the
Northeast, militancy in the Niger delta area, and agitation in the
Southeast, youth restiveness in the Southwest.
That is not to say that taking new counter-terrorism measures is
hopeless.
The general concept of counter-terrorism in Nigeria is surrendered to
the hands of the Nigerian Military who are presumed to have the best
training as counter-terrorist. Meanwhile, they only apply physical
reproof and lack other logical strategic approaches to reap positive
solutions to insurgency.
It is sad to say that the Nigerian Military does not really conform to
modern warfare and has been denounced as human rights violators by
several organizations.
Nonetheless, there are a number of recommended policies that can be used
in Nigeria for counter-terrorism.
The welfare of operatives is number one. Proper welfare package that
includes fighting tools, vehicles, combat gadgets to lower casualty
levels should be arranged for the workers to keep them dedicated.
Secondly, counter-terrorism factions can also be created where not only
the military but other law enforcement agencies and selected occupants
of terrorism-prone areas can synergize. This way vital information can
be shared and basic approach can be exercised in dealing with terror
attacks.
In addition, upgrading operatives’ knowledge in terrorism and modern
counter-terrorism tactics. This would give them a better understanding
that fruitful strategies can be more advantageous than combat and deadly
force though it is also welcomed when protecting lives and properties.
When these are put in place, the government must put a stop to these
asinine negotiations with terrorists and bandits that eventually lead to
transfer of funds to them and their agents. This method of mediation
only strengthens their criminal operations.
Presently in Nigeria, insecurity is slowly becoming the country’s
insignia. Not a day goes by without reported cases of villages being
ransacked and burnt, innocuous citizens being killed, students being
abducted from schools and kidnappings of all sorts.
It is only appropriate for the government to earnestly tackle this
alliance before it adds to the security nightmare in the country.
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim
Read more at: https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/31/ipob-agovc-alliance-terrorism/
Is IPOB, AgovC Alliance
a Terrorism Ploy? By Zubaida Baba Ibrahim
The assassination of a prominent northern politician and former
presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak in Imo state was
allegedly carried out by suspected Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
militant as confirmed by the police.
Alarming as it may be, the paradox of it all is almost poetic that on
the day of Gulak’s assassination, pro-Biafra fans trended #Ozoemena
meaning ‘May it never happen again’ for Biafra remembrance day, flaying
the alleged ills of the Nigerian government against them.
Concurrently, it is the fervent attacks by unknown gunmen and pro-Biafra
groups that has become more rampant in the southeast, and let’s not
forget that IPOB is already establishing alliances with other foreign
interest.
On Friday the 9th of April 2021, the leader of proscribed IPOB, Nnamdi
Kanu, alongside the leader of the Ambazonia Governing Council (AgovC)
also known as Cameroon Separatist, in a joint press conference announced
their coming together as allies.
Though Kanu maintains that the alliance is for both groups to exchange
weaponry and personnel to defend themselves and pursue their common
separatist goal, it does not take twenty-twenty vision to see that both
parties could pose serious threats to either Nation’s security.
To understand their reprehensible motives, it is appropriate to go into a
bit of a backstory.
In Nigeria, after two failed military coups, the Igbos came together to
form the secessionist state of Biafra which sparked off a two-year civil
war from 1967 to 1970 during which the Nigerian Military imposed a
siege of the eastern region. This caused over 2 million civilians to
perish of starvation.
These casualties led the state of Biafra to eventually surrender to the
Federal Government, lodging a lump in the throats of pro-Biafran
activists which continues to harden.
Likewise, in Cameroon, abhorrence dating back to 1961 based on claims of
marginalization by francophone citizens that make up to 80% of the
country, armed separatist groups are fighting tooth and nail to carve
out the nation’s English speaking regions to form a free-standing state
named Ambazonia.
The IPOB and the Anglophones in Cameroon have a common history of
secessionist tendencies and are coincidentally geographically situated
at both sides of the Nigeria/Cameroon border. Adding to that, their
longing for autonomy has made both groups separately grow in violence.
While analyzing both groups I couldn’t help but notice a pattern in
their attacks especially since 2021 begun. The assailing of law
enforcement agencies is one that has been noted.
Citing examples with recent events, in early April 2021 armed men of the
pro-Biafra group attacked a prison in Imo state which is in the
southeastern region and abetted the escape of about 1800 inmates who
allegedly attacked police stations and security personnel.
Correspondingly, in Cameroon, Anglophone separatists intensified attacks
against the Nation’s security forces using improvised bombs to target
military convoys in at least 30 different attacks in the past four
months.
The two secessionist groups claim they are nothing like their
‘subjugators’ when they are in fact on the way of becoming worse. The
widespread havoc these separatists could beget is alluding to other
similar alliances.
Let’s take Boko Haram’s emulation of the foreign terrorist group,
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in excessive violence. This
resulted in Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, to eventually
state its allegiance to ISIS in 2015.
This two groups’ inception renovated Boko Haram’s ability to carry out
daytime and nighttime attacks with promising success. Apart from that,
there are also several comparable terrorists and criminal alliances from
all over the West African region that can be referred to.
The escalation of insecurity in Nigeria that stems up from economic
marginalization; ethnic/religious intolerance; corrupt practices; bad
governance; unemployment and poverty has resulted in insurgency in the
Northeast, militancy in the Niger delta area, and agitation in the
Southeast, youth restiveness in the Southwest.
That is not to say that taking new counter-terrorism measures is
hopeless.
The general concept of counter-terrorism in Nigeria is surrendered to
the hands of the Nigerian Military who are presumed to have the best
training as counter-terrorist. Meanwhile, they only apply physical
reproof and lack other logical strategic approaches to reap positive
solutions to insurgency.
It is sad to say that the Nigerian Military does not really conform to
modern warfare and has been denounced as human rights violators by
several organizations.
Nonetheless, there are a number of recommended policies that can be used
in Nigeria for counter-terrorism.
The welfare of operatives is number one. Proper welfare package that
includes fighting tools, vehicles, combat gadgets to lower casualty
levels should be arranged for the workers to keep them dedicated.
Secondly, counter-terrorism factions can also be created where not only
the military but other law enforcement agencies and selected occupants
of terrorism-prone areas can synergize. This way vital information can
be shared and basic approach can be exercised in dealing with terror
attacks.
In addition, upgrading operatives’ knowledge in terrorism and modern
counter-terrorism tactics. This would give them a better understanding
that fruitful strategies can be more advantageous than combat and deadly
force though it is also welcomed when protecting lives and properties.
When these are put in place, the government must put a stop to these
asinine negotiations with terrorists and bandits that eventually lead to
transfer of funds to them and their agents. This method of mediation
only strengthens their criminal operations.
Presently in Nigeria, insecurity is slowly becoming the country’s
insignia. Not a day goes by without reported cases of villages being
ransacked and burnt, innocuous citizens being killed, students being
abducted from schools and kidnappings of all sorts.
It is only appropriate for the government to earnestly tackle this
alliance before it adds to the security nightmare in the country.
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim
Read more at: https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/31/ipob-agovc-alliance-terrorism/
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